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Niagara Foundation Welcomes Jenny White,
the author of fascinating novel
“THE SULTAN’S SEAL”.
She is coming to Niagara Foundation to do reading and signing of her novel, “The Sultan's Seal”.
DATE: Thursday, December 7, 2006
STARTS : 6:00 pm END TIME: 8:00 pm
PLACE: Niagara Foundation
203 N. Wabash Ave. Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60601
Admission: Free
Event Open to Public
Refreshments will be served.
Jenny White, CAS Anthropology, is the author of numerous nonfiction works on Turkish society and politics. The Sultan's Seal is a stunningly lyrical historical thriller about faith and desire, set within a gripping tale of murder in nineteenth-century Istanbul.
www.jennywhite.net
Shots from the Event
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2006 Aurora University – Niagara Foundation Iftar Dinner
Wednsday October 11, 2006
Theme
“A Celebration of Friendship”
Place:
New England Congregational Church, 406 West Galena Blvd, Aurora, IL
Date:
Wednesday - October 11th at 6:00 pm.
Open to Public. RSVP required!
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October 5 , 2006
Let us celebrate our diversity by enjoying diverse musical entertainments and meeting and mingling with other participants. 
Keynote Speaker
Rey GONZALEZ, Vice President,
Legislative and Community Affairs
Exelon Corporation
Theme:
Commitment to Diversity
Time
6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Place
Hilton Palmer House
Hilton, Empire Room
17 E. Monroe St. Chicago, IL 60603
Niagara Foundation organizes annual dialogue dinners and meetings with people from a wide variety of ethnic traditions.
Ramadan is a month when the relationships within and outside the community are strengthened by fasting and breaking the fast. To reinforce the friendship, and dialog between diverse communities, we gather in the intercultural dinners during Ramadan with people from all walks of life of varied communities and faith groups to emphasize on the values such as mutual understanding, deep respect, love, and peace. This is such an event where people from different traditions express their thoughts and offer their friendships.
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ICNC is one of the recent initiatives that NF has started. The purpose of this endeavor is to bring together chaplains and campus ministers from numerous leading universities and colleges in Chicago and the surrounding vicinity in order to promote, on their respective campuses, mutual and cross-cultural understanding and spread interfaith awareness.
University of Chicago- Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, Aurora University-The Wackerlin Center for Faith and Action, Northwestern University-Alice Millar Chapel, North Park University, DePaul University, Elmhurst College, Lewis University, Loyola University, Lake Forest College, Benedictine University, Saint Xavier University, North Central College and Niagara Foundation’s representatives have decided to collaborate on this initiative and explore and take ways for further action.
NF is seeking the best opportunities to provide an important interreligious network to these institutions.
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One of the wonders of Turkey,
Whirling Dervishes of Rumi
DATE: September 21, 2006
Time : 7:00 pm
PLACE:
Elmhurst College, Hammerschmidt Chapel
190 Prospect Avenue
Elmhurst, Illinois 60126
Admission: Free
Event Open to Public
Mesmerizing a seven-century old ritual, featuring beautiful costumes, hypnotic live music with flutes, strings and percussions.
The Whirling Dervishes is like being transported on a magic carpet ride, with the exotic music creating a sense of inner rapture.
Sponsored by
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| 2006 Annual Peace & Dialogue Awards
June 15, 2006 
6:30 PM Reception
7:00 PM Dinner
Place
University Club of Chicago
Cathedral Hall, 9th Floor
76 East Monroe Street
Chicago, IL 60603
Niagara Foundation awards individuals and organizations who have contributed their time, energy, leadership, and dedication to the cause of dialog, peace, tolerance, community service and understanding here in Chicago.
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Annual Intercultural &
Friendship Tours to
Turkey
TURKEY TRIP OF THE VALUES COUNCIL FROM AURORA UNIVERSITY
Dr. Martin Forward and five of his students from Aurora University were guests of Niagara Foundation for 10 days in different cities in Turkey. The members of the “Values Council of Aurora University” had an opportunity to explore Turkish culture, Christian History, Turkish hospitality and more. You can read the testimonials of the travelers in our web site. Niagara Foundation holds traditional friendship & intercultural tours to Turkey as yet another means of building bridges and strengthening friendships between the Muslim world and the West. Chicagoans are presented with the opportunity to network with new, and God willing, lifelong friends as a way of strengthening even further our commitment to a global ethic of dialogue and mutual understanding.
Photos From Trip
Testimonials From the Trip:
- " In my travels I have learned, that while emotions run high during the experience, they truly begin to set in and take effect ..." - Jason Lemberg (more - PDF)
- " My companions: it was a delight to hear them talk of their experiences and to help them think them through. Our first touristy thing was a visit... " - Martin Forward (more- PDF)
-" To have three Turks guiding us around Turkey was absolutely fantastic. The group got a truly genuine..." - Steven Binns (more- PDF)
- " And so, after months of planning and worrying, we were finally on our way to Istanbul. The “we” warrants an explanation, of course..." - Tim Brauhn (more- PDF) |
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Central Asian Nooruz Festival:Kyrgyz and Tuvan Songs March 28, 2006
Place
International House at the University of Chicago1414 East 59th StreetChicago, Illinois 60637-2997 USAhttp://ihouse.uchicago.edu
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The 2 nd Dinner of Abrahamic Traditions
January, 2006
One of Niagara Foundation’s highlights is the event of Abrahamic Traditions. This is a unique opportunity for members of the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic faiths to celebrate their shared roots and traditions derived from their common ancestor, the Prophet Abraham (Peace Be Upon Him).
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